I Find Certain Christians Stupid...

@revenant Never seen that here in the UK. We don't have many Communists here anyway.

@NortiusMaximus think again

@revenant About what? As I said, there aren't many Communists in the UK pushing anything, Christianity is on the decline too with less than half the population identifying as christians and only a small fraction of those can be said to be practising.

@Diotrephes Hades is basically meaning grave.

@Peaceandnamaste Hades was popular in the Greek & Roman fairytales.

@Diotrephes What's the most popular native American fairytale?

@LeopoldBloom I don't think most people have the moral authority to penalise anyone for abortion. Perhaps if they never masturbate or make selfish decisions then I might take there pro life arguments seriously but even then I'd still believe the law has no place in telling people they can't have abortions.

@MartinTheFirst I'm against killing people, too. However, ZEFs aren't legal persons. And if they are, they still don't have the right to use a woman's body against her will. If you disagree, I can put you in touch with some dialysis patients who would appreciate it if you would donate one of your kidneys.

@Misanthropic Agreed. Anti-abortion laws are tyranny.

@Baremine There's no evidence for that Jesus actually was put on a cross, it is more than likely that it was not cross shaped at all, but simply a straight piece of wood.

@Baremine Some of definitely need to take a look at their religion then reflect whether they are following it as much as they think they are.

@Max41 Christians were not in the position to abuse anyone 2022 years ago, they were a tiny group that were often persecuted for their beliefs.

@Max41 This is a little incoherent but I agree that Jesus probably wasn't judgemental of whether people were believers or not at least not in a destructive way and I agree that followers of Christianity often don't understand what Christianity is supposed to represent.

@Misanthropic
The Jesus character was an intolerant narcissistic bigot who condemned whole towns because the people didn't buy his ramblings.

Matthew 11:21-24 (ERV) = "21 Jesus said, “It will be bad for you Chorazin! It will be bad for you Bethsaida! I did many miracles in you. If these same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have changed their lives a long time ago. They would have worn sackcloth and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins. 22 But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.

23 “And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If these same miracles had happened in Sodom, the people there would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today. 24 But I tell you, it will be worse for you in the day of judgment than for Sodom.”

John 15:4-6 (CEV) = "4 Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannot produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. 5 I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me. 6 If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire."

@MartinTheFirst I agree, however the type of person who uses a religion to preach hate and misrepresents that religion probably doesn't know all that much about it to begin with.

@Misanthropic Do you believe in the Bible? If so, then you believe in practicing hate.

@MartinTheFirst The story is an integral part of the fairytale so how can you dismiss it as not being original?

@Diotrephes I hate being a gas bag.

@Trappedmermaidsoul It's amazing when you think about it. Our bodies are mostly gases but they form living organisms although they are "dead." It would be impossible to exist without hydrogen. Maybe, if there was a way, we could keep our gases in balance we would never get sick.

@Diotrephes Forrest Gump